DSS, forest guards kill bandits, rescue nine victims in Kwara

They regained their freedom after the kidnappers were forced to flee under heavy gunfire, abandoning their captives.

Nine abducted persons have been rescued and three suspected kidnappers killed during a joint security operation in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, authorities said.

Joint security forces, including Kwara Forest Guards and DSS, successfully rescued nine kidnap victims and killed three bandits in Ekiti LGA, Kwara State.

A total of 26 battalions are now operating across the sector, with a security official warning on Sunday that the situation was "a snowball rolling downhill."

The head of internal security for Hamas in central Gaza was among the dead.

The head of the Hamas-run Palestinian internal security service in central Gaza and an associate have been killed after their vehicle was targeted by an Israeli air strike.

Israeli strike kills a top Hamas security official in Gaza, medics and police say  Reuters

CAIRO, July 26 - An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed a senior officer of the Hamas-run Palestinian internal security service in the Gaza Strip and an associate as they travelled in a vehicle through Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, medics and police officials said.

Israeli air strike on vehicle in Deir al-Balah kills two Two Palestinians have been killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli attack on a vehicle south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, Wafa news agency reports. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams transferred the two fatalities and wounded peopl